Criminal Justice Internships

The Criminal Justice Department has a large internship program that spreads from local agencies in the DFW area to across the nation. Students may qualify for courses that provide academic credit and may be taken more than once. Our criminal justice students have interned at:

Parole, police or probation departments
Federal law enforcement organizations
Jails or prisons
Juvenile detention centers
Law firms
Alcohol or drug treatment programs

Finding an Internship

Complete our Internship Enrollment Form to either notify us of your current internship, or for help finding one. For other helpful internship information, see below. If you have any questions please, contact Samuel Simon, Criminal Justice Lecturer.

UNT's Career Center Internship Information

UNT's Career Center provides valuable information on internships and their benefits, such as on-the-job training and helping you to develop a network of professional contacts in your career field. You can check out some of the currently available positions here, and filter the list by college. A complete list of current internship opportunities is available in Handshake. After you log in, you can filter for internships.

Unpaid Internship Scholarship

While paid internships are encouraged, some are unpaid. To help encourage and support experiential learning opportunities that help undergraduate students prepare for their careers, the UNT Career Center offers the Unpaid Internship Scholarship in the form of a stipend of up to $500 for current students participating in unpaid internships.